expect from the location, were very quickly on the scene. that man is in custody and the police operation around the palace of westminster continues. hello. it's tuesday. it's nine o'clock. i'm victoria derbyshire. welcome to the programme. a man has been arrested after a car crashed into security barriers outside the houses of parliament atjust after 7.30 this morning. a number of pedestrians have been injured, and the area remains on lockdown. we'll have the latest. police chiefs in staffordshire tell this programme they fear it's only a matter of time before someone dies from the synthetic drug "monkey dust", so—called because it makes people think they have superhuman strength, and can climb like monkeys. we'll talk to a police chief who tells us the drug should be

reclassified as a class a substance. we'll talk live to british sprinting sensation dina asher—smith, now ready to take on the best sprinters on the planet after her three amazing three gold medals at the european championships. it still feels kind of surreal. everybody keeps saying you ran 10.85, you won. i mean, i still can't believe it. that is such a good time i can't believe i ran it, but, yeah, i am absolutely over the moon. we'll be talking to herjust before ten o'clock. and, technically speaking, this three—year—old girl show her in the has a higher iq than this man. ophelia has an iq of 171. she's in the top 0.03% of the population. we'll be talking to her parents and a child psychologistjust after ten, and you can have a go at some of the questions that test how high your iq is. hello.

welcome to the programme. we're live until 11 this morning. if you're in the westminster area and witnessed the incident outside parliament or are affected by the lock down in the area, get in touch about that and about all the stories we're talking about — use the hashtag victoria live. these are the live pictures outside the houses of parliament. pretty much in the middle of your screen you can see a car, which has crashed into barriers just you can see a car, which has crashed into barriersjust in you can see a car, which has crashed into barriers just in front of the house of lords, really, where cars would go to be checked before going into the area where you would park for the house of lords. so that car came from parliament square, which is just above, and the came from parliament square, which isjust above, and the picture emerging is that it crashed into a

number of pedestrians, some of whom are injured, but we are told by the metropolitan police they are not life—threatening injuries. then it had towards those barriers. at least two eyewitnesses said they believed that the individual driving the car was driving at speed and they felt it was a deliberate direct hit. one woman told the press association, i think it looked intentional, the car drove at speed towards the barriers. i was walking on the other side of road, i heard someone scream, i turned around and i saw a silver car very fast close to the railings, maybe even on the pavement. the other eyewitness spoke to our correspondencejohnson other eyewitness spoke to our correspondence johnson blake, other eyewitness spoke to our correspondencejohnson blake, who was at the scene, and he said i saw a man driving towards the houses of parliament at speed. he drove into a bollard, right outside the houses of parliament, and in my opinion it was deliberate. you did not swerve into

it. it was a direct hit. you can see a number of cyclists on the ground. they were some of the individuals that were hit buy this car full is obviously the area is in lockdown. you can see armed police officers, ambulances in those pictures coming to us from westminster. this is what an eyewitness said to as earlier. we're at the edge of the police cordon, 200 metres down the road from the houses of parliament hearing westminster. jason saw what happened a little while earlier falls just tell us what you saw as we re falls just tell us what you saw as were walking past parliament. falls just tell us what you saw as were walking past parliamentlj falls just tell us what you saw as were walking past parliament. i saw a man driving towards the houses of parliament at speed. he was going pretty fa st parliament at speed. he was going pretty fast in my opinion. i think it's 20 miles an hour limit and was going it may be 40—50 miles an hour, maybe more, and he has driven into

the bollard outside the houses of parliament. there are police there, obviously. the police are guarding parliament. he ran into it and in my opinion it was deliberate. there was i'io opinion it was deliberate. there was no other... he did not swerve into it. it was a direct hit. how quickly was he driving and how many people we re was he driving and how many people were injured, could you see?” was he driving and how many people were injured, could you see? i think there was a cyclist injured. i saw people on the floor. i don't know if that was their reaction to hit the ground because londoners are becoming quite experienced at this now, unfortunately. i don't know who was injured or not, but in my opinion, i think this is serious. i did not have my phone on me to film it, but, yes, this is what's going oi'i. it, but, yes, this is what's going on. i'm on my way to work. i'm a

businessman, i do sales, sol on. i'm on my way to work. i'm a businessman, i do sales, so i don't work for parliament or anything like that. it looks like the police responded very quickly. what did you see the emergency response? to be honest, the specialist police have come in here, the four by four bmw five series came in, i saw in a matter of minutes, i saw five of them coming with the blue lights flashing and they dealt with it. they made an arrest. definitely the main person has been arrested. there's been at least two ambulances. fire engines, yes, i commend the police, i do, yes. thank you for telling us what you saw. that is one eyewitness account of the drama which unfolded outside the houses of parliament hearing westminster this morning. the details of which are still emerging.

jonathan blake who was at the scene, talking to one eyewitness, jason. those are the live pictures from westminster. just below the centre of your screen you can westminster. just below the centre of your screen you can see a car which has crashed into barriers outside the house of lords. that is abingdon street. before that car hit those barriers, it would appear that it hit a number of cyclists. you can see further up in your screen, some of them are still on the ground after being hit, although we are told by the police, the metropolitan police, there are no life—threatening injuries. obviously we are going to be much more coverage of this through the morning. before we continue with our ongoing coverage, we arejoined by viewers of bbc world at the moment. let's bring the rest of the news so far. here is rachel. good morning.

a new deal for social housing tenants is being set out by the government, with new proposals including landlord league tables and greater powers for regulators. the government says it will give residents more control to hold landlords to account. but the plans have been strongly criticised by campaign groups for making no commitment to build more homes for people on low incomes. here's our political correspondent matt cole. following the grenfell tower disaster, the experiences of those living in social housing were thrown into the spotlight. the government now says it's listening. it says it wants a new deal to rebalance the relationship between tenants and landlords. from now until early november, a consultation will run, which ministers say it will examine ways of ensuring that social housing can be both a safety net and a springboard into home ownership. amongst the ideas in the green paper discussion document published today are suggestions for a new system so residents with safety concerns about their home can get a resolution. there are proposals to tackle the stigmatisation and stereotyping

of those living in social housing. and there is discussion of a tougher regulator to drive up standards and ensure social homes are well—managed, better places to live. the number of homes being built in britain today is a crucial part of this discussion. campaigners for better social housing say more low—cost rented homes are required. the national housing federation and the chartered institute of housing put the number needed as high as 90,000 new social rent houses a year. matt cole, bbc news. city regulators are urging people to be on their guard against pension fraud after new figures showed victims lost millions of pounds in scams last year. people are being tricked out of their life savings and a new campaign's being launched to raise awareness, as our personal finance reporter, kevin peachey explains. first, jennifer's trust was won, then her savings were lost — stolen by the fraudsters who offered

a return that proved too good to be true. he was just perfect, and ijust didn't think for a second that anything was amiss, to be honest. it wasjust like, um, he knew everything. i asked questions, he had the answers to everything. the scam had begun with a cold call at a time when her finances were stretched. the promise of an instant cash sum followed by a regular return pushed jennifer and her husband into investing, and losing, well over £50,000. i feel angry that we haven't had any compensation, and that basically at our age in life, we are having to start from scratch. they are not the only ones worried about their financial future. hundreds, possibly thousands of people are tricked by pension scams each year. in 2017, the average loss reported to action fraud was £91,000. now the city watchdog, the financial conduct authority, and the pensions regulator, have unveiled a campaign featuring this tv advert, urging people to watch out for the warning signs, like calls offering a free pension review,

or high—rolling investments in hotels or green energy schemes. prevention is better than cure, so we want to give people some really handy tips to be aware of, particularly if they are being confronted by fraudsters. top of that list is looking on the fca website to see if a pensions firm is authorised. a quick check to stop your money disappearing fast. kevin peachey, bbc news. police in staffordshire tell this programme it's only a matter of time before someone dies from using the synthetic drug, monkey dust. they say its prevalence on the streets of stoke—on—trent is now a public health crisis. monkey dust users often experience extreme paranoia and hallucinations after buying the drug on the streets for as little as two pounds. we will have more on this story later in the programme. the black cab rapistjohn worboys

has reportedly been questioned by police over allegations of non—recent sexual assault. police would not confirm the person's identity other than to say they had interviewed a 61—year—old man under caution last month in yorkshire. worboys was jailed in 2009 and a decision earlier this year to release him was overturned by the high court, following a challenge by his victims. around 30 homes were evacuated overnight as a fire broke out at a mill in rochdale. ten fire engines and more than 50 firefighters were sent to tackle the blaze, which broke out at 10.30 last night. greater manchester fire service said it had brought the fire under control at around 1am. jeremy corbyn has hit back at benjamin netanyahu after the israeli prime minister accused him of laying a wreath in memory of the palestinians suspected of being behind the munich olympics massacre in 1972. the labour leader said mr netanyahu's claims about his actions are false,

and that he attended the event in tunisia in 2014 as part of a wider event about the search for peace. in a statement, labour said mr corbyn did not lay any wreath at the graves of those alleged to have been linked to the munich killings. the education system is being undermined by an increase in universities making unconditional offers. that's the warning from the head of wales' biggest college, who says offers were being made halfway through a—level courses meaning students were taking their "foot off the pedal". figures from admissions service ucas show a rise in the number of unconditional offers for 18—year—olds. universities wales said they were still "a small percentage" of the total. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. we are joined now by viewers on bbc world news to concentrate on this breaking story. thank you very much, rachel. if you arejust thank you very much, rachel. if you are just joining thank you very much, rachel. if you arejustjoining us, we are going to spend a lot of time this morning

updating you on the breaking news from the capital and we are joined by viewers from bbc world. and the breaking news is a man has been arrested after a car crashed into security barriers outside the houses of parliament. welcome to viewers from bbc world. we can tell you that armed police responded to the incident which happened at 7:37am this morning, a member of pedestrians have been injured. although the metropolitan police to say at this stage officers do not believe anybody is in a life—threatening condition, cordons are in place to assist the investigation and westminster tube station is closed. let's go live to the scene now. jonathan blake is at westminster. describe where you are inhalation to the incident. well, i'm standing at

the incident. well, i'm standing at the edge of a piece called on which was quickly put in place after that car crashed into it seems several cyclists and the barriers outside the houses of parliament this morning. we are a few hundred meters away from the parliament itself at the end of lambeth bridge and behind me you can probably see the heavy police presence, which is here and just in the last few moments, more police vehicles have arrived and, in the hour or so we have been standing here, reporting what has happened, more police vehicles have been arriving seemingly every few minutes 01’ so. arriving seemingly every few minutes or so. for pictures with were posted on social media and from eyewitness accounts, people we've spoken to, who were in the vicinity at the time, a picture seems to be building ofa car time, a picture seems to be building of a car being driven deliberately from one side of the road across to the other and hitting several cyclists at the corner of parliament square. i stress it's a very confused picture at this stage. details are still emerging of exactly what happened but, as you

said a few minutes ago, it does not seem as said a few minutes ago, it does not seem as if anybody has been seriously injured by what happened, but several eyewitnesses have reported describing a car being driven into cyclists deliberately. 1—person bespoke to saw several people on the ground. it was unclear whether they had been injured in the crash or they had been told to get down by police, who had responded very swiftly but, as you can possibly see behind me, the police cordon stretches several hundred metres between here at the end of lambeth bridge right down to parliament and beyond, up whitehall towards tahrir square in the other direction. there are armed police officers on a regular police officers, we've seen this two fire engines and one ambulance arrived from this end of the police cordoned. the police helicopter is circling above. so the response to this incident, which happened about an hourand a this incident, which happened about an hour and a half ago now, before the peak of rush hour, still a very busy time here in central london,

and that response emergency services is still very much ongoing. we can see armed officers behind you and emergency vehicles and this area would normally be teeming with people, commuters, cyclists and so on, would it not? yes, a very busy time at that time in the morning. it is august and parliament is not setting, so it is not as busy as it would be on a normal working day. but a lot of tourists in the area and a lot of commuters making their way to work, plenty of traffic and plenty pedestrians, so busy time for to happen. no surprise several people were caught up in this work a car was deliberately driven into a group of people, it seems, outside parliament. the response is still under way. there are people arriving at the cordon on their bikes or by carand at the cordon on their bikes or by car and not being able to get

through and having to make an alternative journey to work. this is alternative journey to work. this is a scene that is unfortunately increasingly familiar to people in london, as it seems to have been some sort of deliberate attempt to run people down outside the houses of parliament. stay with us, jonathan as you were there. we are showing live pictures to our viewers at the moment. i want to point out where the vehicle is in that picture. below the centre to the right, you will see the car that has crashed into the security barriers outside the houses of parliament, outside the houses of parliament, outside the houses of parliament, outside the house of lords, in abingdon street, and further up you can see all the emergency vehicles and police vehicles. where the traffic lights are, that is where an number of cyclists were on the

ground, some of whom could have been hurt. some of them may have just hit the floor because that is what you do when you feel there is an attack under way. this area, jonathan, is not too far from what happened just over a year ago with khalid masood, who drove over westminster bridge and hit pedestrians. sorry, i am having trouble hearing you because of the police activity around us. you will hear the sirens going and more police vehicles are coming and going all the time. we saw police sniffer dogs on the scene very quickly as part of the response here earlier this morning. you mentioned the westminster bridge attack, that will be on pupil's mind this morning as they see these images of a heavily armed police response to an incident outside parliament. another

unmarked police car emerging from behind the cordon this morning with sirens going and blue lights flashing. it is difficult to overstate the scale of the police response here this morning and that was underlined by the urgency with which we were told to move back right back from the houses of parliament when we first came out to find out what happened. details have emerged bit by bit in the time since then and it seems that while several people have been injured, and one man it is reported has been arrested, the exact details are still unclear. several eyewitness accou nts still unclear. several eyewitness accounts piecing together a picture ofa car accounts piecing together a picture of a car being deliberately driven into a of a car being deliberately driven intoa group of a car being deliberately driven into a group of cyclists outside parliament. thank you for the moment, jonathan. jonathan blake at the scene. on your screen you can see highlighted the car in front of the barriers it crashed into at 7:37am this morning. we can now talk

to an eyewitness. abby, can you hear me? good morning. what did you see and what did you hear?|j me? good morning. what did you see and what did you hear? i went up after the incident occurred at about eight o'clock and from my view i can see the car completely smashed into the barriers. i saw the police response which has been absolutely fantastic. they came from all different quarters. currently the crime investigation team is there at the car. what did you think when you saw this activity unfolding before your eyes? slightly surreal. you never think you are going to see exactly where it is happening. when i woke exactly where it is happening. when iwoke up exactly where it is happening. when i woke up i thought how eerily quiet it was because there is normally so

much traffic outside the window. this morning it was dead silent with the sound of helicopters circling, and the news teams up in the air and the police. do you work in the area? no, iam the police. do you work in the area? no, i am on holiday at the moment staying in a friend's no, i am on holiday at the moment staying in a friends has. but from the window it is as if we are there andi the window it is as if we are there and i can see all the police talking to each other. at the moment there appears to be at least ten police ca rs appears to be at least ten police cars at any given time coming and going. i cannot reiterate the amazing calm response from all the different services. the advice to people like yourself staying and living in the area, is there any? are you expected to stay indoors? we received a knock on the door telling us we received a knock on the door telling us we would have to stay in the property. i guess today it will be a

question of watching the action u nfold question of watching the action unfold in front of us. take note of the injuries that have been sustained. who knocked at the door to advise you? i was upstairs waiting for your call. it was the people i was staying with who received that call. where you are is in the cordon of area? yes, exactly. it is one of the houses. we are a mere ten metres away from the crashed car. thank you so much for talking to us. we appreciate your time. abbey, who is staying in a house in a property within the cordon off area. if you are just tuning in, then we can tell you that the breaking news from the capital this morning is that a man who has been arrested after a car it appears

hit some cyclists before crashing into barriers outside the houses of parliament. this is the immediate aftermath of the incident. as you can see, a group of cyclists there. that is an parliament square. some of them are on the ground. according to eyewitnesses, the car that then subsequently crashed had hit a number of cyclists. the police say there are no life—threatening injuries. again, this is the immediate aftermath of the incident as police vehicles and ambulances and armed officers arrived at the same. we have just and armed officers arrived at the same. we havejust heard and armed officers arrived at the same. we have just heard from and armed officers arrived at the same. we havejust heard from one eyewitness, abby, who can see everything unfold before her, that the atmosphere is very calm and the police, she said, have been magnificent. our correspondent

richard lister is here. it is worth four people turning in all the time just talking through what happened earlier this morning. yes, the first we heard about this was social media alerting us to the fact something had happened outside parliament. there were photographs and very quickly videos on twitter of people saying it appeared to be that the car had struck barriers outside the houses of parliament. the met police we re houses of parliament. the met police were quick to confirm that at 7:37am the vehicle had in fact it barriers outside parliament and a man had been arrested. there were reports that cyclists had been hit before this car crash and in fact that does seem this car crash and in fact that does seem to be the case. in the last few minutes london ambulance service have said they treated two people at the scene and those injuries were not believed to be serious. those two individuals were taken to hospital. earlier the police said they did not believed there had been

any life threatening injuries and the london ambulance service confirming that is the case. two people treated at the scene and taken to hospital. the situation was very quickly contained. armed police came very quickly within seconds. the driver of the car was arrested. there are photographs of what seems to be that process taking place. eyewitnesses were saying the driver was calm and quiet as he was led away on foot by the police. reuters are reporting that counterterrorism police are leading this investigation. what is the significance of that? that is entirely to be expected in a situation such as this, where you have a parliament, a high—value terrorist target, and is under very close scrutiny by police forces at all times. if a car hits barriers and has hit people on the way to doing that, this will almost automatically be treated as an

incident of a likely terrorist nature. one thing to bear in mind on that, last october there was a car that, last october there was a car that hit a number of people outside the british museum. 11 people were injured and it was treated in exactly the same way. armed police came and the driver was arrested. it took probably about 12 hours before police said it was not a terrorist incident. we should bear that in mind as we watch these events play out today. i am reading the latest tweet from the metropolitan police. while we are keeping an open mind, the met‘s counterterrorism branch is leading the investigation. as you say, richard, to be expected. the security in this area was already tight because of what happened on westminster bridge and because of the killing of an unarmed police officer, pc keith palmer, just over a year ago. yes, march 2017, five

people died and 15 were injured when khalid masood drove across westminster bridge deliberately targeting pedestrians, turning the corner and driving straight into the main entrance to parliament, not where this car is parked, but a bit further back in this view, further up further back in this view, further up towards the top of the screen. then he stabbed pc keith palmer to death. after that incident there was a security review and there were a number of changes put in place, particularly concerning barriers that were put in place on some of london's bridges. this parliament area, downing streetjust up the road, is very tightly scrutinised. i think we can see exactly how tight the police presence is by the speed with which armed officers quickly surrounded the car and arrested the driver. and of course parliament in recess at the moment, so most

politicians still on holiday. let's hear from another eyewitness, barry williams. he has been speaking to our home editor mark easton. williams. he has been speaking to our home editor mark eastonlj williams. he has been speaking to our home editor mark easton. i heard a commotion and turned round to see a commotion and turned round to see a silver car on the wrong side of the road and they were part and waiting for the lights to change. he hit the cyclists and swerved over to the safety barrier. he accelerated and hit it at high speed. was it a deliberate act? i was not sure whether he meant to hit the cyclists, they may have just been in the way, but he accelerated hard towards the barrier. what was the reaction of the police? they were very fast, they vaulted over the barrier and lots of armed police came into the area. the police tried to block of people walking towards us. we saw a video of armed officers encircling the vehicle. when he hit

the barrier there was a lot of smoke and it hit it with quite a jolt and it came off the ground and landed again, it is quite a light car. they rushed to the scene and grabbed a bloke and then they seem to walk away. what did you do? we were pushed back. after the police first got to the car, they turned around and pushed us back towards the light and pushed us back towards the light and that is when i walked past and saw lots of pedestrians and also the cyclists. there were a few on the ground and there were bikes everywhere, some were holding their arms. what about the moment of the collision? given past events, it was a frightening moment? you're never sure what's in the car. the scene in the ground, with a cyclist, can you give us an idea of the numbers, the scene at that set of lights with a cyclist had been? there were about ten cyclists

waiting for the lights to change. i think he hit four or five. waiting for the lights to change. i think he hit four orfive. one of the cyclists got up and started to chase the car. good heavens. yes, there was one on the ground being treated and two or three work holding their arms. what was your sense of the motive, if there was one behind this? could it been an accident? if it was it was very strange because once he had the cyclist, he accelerated. he accelerated towards the barrier. because it was trying to get away from the scene perhaps? as someone who has worked in westminster from long time, you will of course would have been around during the westminster bridge attack last year, what was going through your mind when you saw this incident?m looked like an attack. a fairly feeble one because was a small car, but it looked like he deliberately the barrier. the reaction of the police at this point, this area has a lot of armed police at all times,

and it does appear they responded very quickly and in numbers. they did and they seemed well rehearsed. police and ran towards the car but also some runaway to stop people walking towards where the car was. eyewitness barry williams talking to our home editor mark easton. interesting that the way barry williams describe it, he said the car accelerated and hit at the security barriers outside the houses of parliament at speed, but he was not sure if the cyclists had been hit deliberately or just not sure if the cyclists had been hit deliberately orjust happen to be in the driver ‘s way. astonishingly, he said one of the cyclists got up and chased the car. those are the live pictures from westminster right now. in the heart of london. that is the car that crashed into the security barriers outside the houses of parliament. if just tuning in, a man has been arrested, a number of pedestrians injured, the london ambulance

service says they have treated two people at the scene and took them to hospital, but the metropolitan police say none of the injuries are life—threatening. more eyewitness accounts. one woman told the press association, "i think it looked intentional, the car drove its speed, and towards the barriers. i turned around and saw a silver car driving very fast close to the railings, maybe even on the pavement. and the person driving did not get out." one man called spoke to our correspond and jonathan blake earlier also said he saw a man driving towards the houses parliament at speed, drove into bollard is parliament at speed, drove into bolla rd is right parliament at speed, drove into bollard is right outside the houses of parliament and in his opinion he said it was deliberate. we did not swerve into it. it was a direct hit. and he too, like other eyewitnesses we spoke to a few moments ago, commended the police action. we will

bring you continuing coverage of this unfolding story here on bbc news. the metropolitan police have treated a number of times this morning. the first one says this. we have learned since that the metropolitan police's counterterrorism branch is leading the investigation into this incident. let's bring the latest now from rachel in the newsroom. good morning. two people up being treated at the scene. a man has two people up

being treated been arrested scene. been arrested after a number of pedestrians were injured when a car crashed into security barriers outside the houses of parliament this morning. emergency services say that two people have been treated at the scene and the area around westminster remains on lockdown. armed police arrived outside the houses of parliament, just after half past seven this morning, and pedestrians were moved away as the police cordon was put in place. jason is an eyewitness who described what he saw. basically i saw a man driving towards the houses of parliament at speed, he was going pretty fast in my opinion. i think it is about a 20 miles an hour zone, he was going maybe at a0 to 50 miles an hour, maybe more. and he has driven into the bollard right outside of the houses of parliament. there are police there, the police are guarding parliament, but he has driven into it. in my opinion, it was deliberate. he didn't swerve into it,

it was a direct hit. jason was an eyewitness to this morning ‘s unfolding events. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. thank you very much, rachel. we will stay with that story, of course, through the morning. richard lister is with us now and has been monitoring events. let's talk about the significance of a vehicle being driven at speed, we are told, by eyewitnesses, and injuring pedestrians on the way. eyewitnesses, and injuring pedestrians on the waylj eyewitnesses, and injuring pedestrians on the way. i think it isa pedestrians on the way. i think it is a situation which has awful residents really for people who follow the news. probably the first and most significant time this happened was in nice, back in 2016, when a truck was driven through the promenade killing 86 people and

injuring almost 460. now, that was a terror attack and it does seem to have been, sadly, inspiration for others who wanted to make the same kind of impact with an attack on innocent bystanders and, of course, it happened a number of times in this country last year. we have heard of course about the attack in march last year by khalid masood, where five people were killed including a police officer who was within the gates of parliament. khalid masood then drove his vehicle down westminster bridge, targeting pedestrians, before crashing into parliament. then, in june, pedestrians, before crashing into parliament. then, injune, seven people were killed, almost 50 injured, when a van hit pedestrians aren't the bridge before three men got out of the vehicle and targeted people at borough market. of course, later that month, a group of muslim worshippers was targeted by a van mounting the pavement in finsbury

park, so sadly, the use of a vehicle against bystanders is a cheap and effective way for extremists to make their point and get attention and create chaos. but we must stress it is very early days into this investigation and, although the metropolitan police's counterterrorism officers are leading this investigation, we have no idea whether there was an accident or it was deliberate. that's exactly right and it would be wrong of us to say either way at this stage exactly what happened. people have said it seems as though the car was being deliberately driven in this way to target people. other people have said it seems it was not deliberately targeting people. one thing to bear in mind, last october of course in the aftermath of these terrible events involving vehicles around the world and the uk, there was a car driven through pedestrians outside the

british museum and for several hours that day it seemed that this was another terror attack. 11 people we re another terror attack. 11 people were injured. the police treated this situation exactly as they have outside westminster today. armed police were quickly on the scene, the driver was arrested and we did not know exactly what had happened for several hours before the police confirmed that that was not a terror attack, but i think it all goes back to this real concern whenever a vehicle of any kind is involved in a situation like this, at a place which could be considered a high—profile target, there really is no option for police but to treated as though it may be is a terror attack because that way you have the right resources used to examine the scene, to look at the build—up to what actually happened and be able to make a judgment as to whether or not it was a terror attack and it is thatjudgment we not it was a terror attack and it is that judgment we are not it was a terror attack and it is thatjudgment we are still waiting for. thankfully, we are not talking about fatalities this morning. we

are talking about injuries to a small group of people who were treated the scene, we are told by the london ambulance service. yes, and it's one of those lessons to a lwa ys and it's one of those lessons to always slightly at the first reports you get from the scene by people who maybe didn't quite see everything that happened. there were reports maybe 15 cyclists had been injured but actually, it turns out, thankfully, it seems far fewer people were actually hurt the the police said as far as they could see, there were no major life—threatening injuries. the london ambulance service tweeted said they had treated two people at the scene with minor injuries although both were taken to hospital so although both were taken to hospital so thankfully the situation seems to be no larger than that in terms of the number of people injured. the situation is contained, the metropolitan police say the driver of the car has been arrested, the car is still at the scene, but they don't seem to be any large numbers of bomb disposal teams surrounding

it. it is more or less on its own there. and, while bristol a large number of police and emergency services there, there is the car. up against the security barriers. does appear, for the moment, the police have got what information they need from that car. people walking in the background, i think if there was any thought being given that this car remained a threat, certainly people would not be able to get as close as we can see them on the screen fare to that car. according to one eyewitness we spoke to who was staying in a property in the area, and can see everything, she said she could see the bonnet that car has been smashed up as you would expect. let's talk to a security analyst. joining us now is security analyst will geddes. thank you to joining thank you tojoining us. how are thank you to joining us. how are you reading this in these early stages? we have got to be very cautious

these days not to jump to any kind of conclusion, particularly as the police are gaining as much evidence as they possibly can from eyewitnesses, from their own assessments and appreciations of the situation of the vehicle and, more importantly, the driver is the most crucial piece of intelligence to this puzzle. but in terms of the scene at the moment, which is very calm, as richard wasjust describing, there appears to be people walking around in the area. what does that lead you to think?m would lead me to believe that certainly also in tandem with that their armed police officers that have now been seen leaving the area and we are their standard duties. there has been an influx obviously a plainclothes peace officers which one would one would presume would either be members of the

metropolitan police counterterrorism command will be carrying out their investigations but the immediate area around is probably secure a medicinal intelligence leading them at this stage to believe there could be other subsequent attacks on the local area and it is very important for them to feel confident and certainly to communicate to the general public that it will be, to a certain extent, business as usual. having said that, we don't know quite yet what the actual motivation of this driver was, whether they we re of this driver was, whether they were under the influence of narcotics or alcohol, whether this was aggravated road rage, or it was a terrorist attack but at this stage was too early to tell, but certainly, the police will want to regain some kind of normality as quickly as they can. but because a car is involved, and some people have been injured, it does mean people will inevitably think the worst? yes, absolutely, and i think also the fact we have seen such immense response by the blue light services, this is typical and the

standard operating procedure these days, certainly when we have to consider we are still at the second—highest threat level and continue to be a bat, which is severe, which means a threat is highly likely, so it can't be quickly discounted that this may have been some motivated attack by an individual against the british government, whether it be islamic extremism orfar government, whether it be islamic extremism or far right extremism. the threat level as you say is severe and has been like that for a number of years although it was raised after the capital ‘s terrorist attacks last year, so what does that mean for the general public in the way they go about their daily lives? well, it's will he difficult for the general public because they are expected to sustain a high level of situational awareness which is virtually impossible. but there will be inevitably messages communicated through the media and social media that they do play a very important

radical role in the efforts against terrorism and in being to report anything suspicious. having said that, in incidents like this, it's an unfortunate reminder regardless of what this turns out to actually be, but unfortunately this threat does prevail. last year, of course, march 2017, not too far away from where that car has hit the security barriers this morning, khalid masood killed four people on westminster bridge and fatally stabbed a police officer. just a little away from where that car is now and since then, security barriers were beefed up, weren't they? yes, the introduction of more traffic calming measures, anti—terrorist measures, both overt and covert, have been introduced since last year. any landmark

location will figure quite highly in the target selection by those with mal intent and terrorist agendas. ultimately, again, i drive past the houses of parliament on a daily basis and this particular location, the chicane where the vehicle has come to rest, is a very interesting location. it still keeps my questions are in terms of the motivation and this possibly being terrorist. to enter that channel requires a traffic calming capability of slowing a vehicle, but also, looking at the limited pictures, and the damage that has been caused, the vast majority is to the front of the vehicle where it has concertinas from the bonnet. this is only based on the limited view that i have seen, it does not look like it jostled its view that i have seen, it does not look like itjostled its way to the

barrier, it looked like it was quite directed. the point you are making about the fact the vehicle had to enter that channel, which we can see on our screens now, is enter that channel, which we can see on our screens now, is what? it is very difficult to actually get to the internal areas of the houses of parliament and the house of lords. these traffic measures are not only very restrictive, they are intended to slow and control the access by any vehicles coming into the area. but for a vehicle to be able to enter there, they would have to have a very deliberate agenda or route to access that, which is where this throws up the questions. thank you very much. very interesting. will geddes, a security analyst. we're joined on the line by our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford — he's currently at the metropolitan police headquarters at new scotland yard. what is the latest? it is a very

eerie scene at the moment because there is no traffic and there is according across the road by the ministry of defence and only parliament to pass holders are being allowed through. they are being allowed through. they are being allowed into work. i arrived here very early, so i am inside the cordon, that other media are not being allowed through the cordon, which is why i am talking to you by telephone. the police have said the counterterrorism command is leading in the investigation on this incident, but they are keeping an open mind. to follow up your previous contributor, at this stage it has many suspicious aspects to the incident, the way the vehicle appears to have been driven, where it appears to have been driven into, and that has meant it is sensible for counterterrorism command to be in the lead. there are other possible explanations, but at this

point the decision has been made by the leadership of the metropolitan police that it would be sensible for counterterrorism command to lead on this investigation at this stage and we will see what happens. if it does develop into something that is believed to be a terrorist incident of some certainty, we can expect to see one of the leaders of counterterrorism command outside scotla nd counterterrorism command outside scotland yard giving one of their traditional on camera statements to give the state of play. to remind people, a number of pedestrians or cyclists have been injured after a vehicle appears to have driven at speed into them outside one of the gates of parliament and ended up resting inside the security cordon there. in practical terms, resting inside the security cordon there. in practicalterms, what does it mean to the investigation if counterterrorism command are leading it? they have a huge amount more resources than people who would normally investigate a road traffic accident, which is the other

possible explanation for this, or even an attempted murder if this was somebody trying to kill people with somebody trying to kill people with some other motivation other than a political motivation. counterterrorism command can draw on any number of resources they want. the investigators have an incredibly detailed and friends at approach to investigations, so they will feel that they have the time and the space to essentially locked down westminster, which is what they have done at the moment, to throw large numbers of resources at it. it is only when it gets to the stage if thatis only when it gets to the stage if that is the case, if it seems like this was something more accidental than deliberate, then they will say, 0k, than deliberate, then they will say, ok, we do not need to be take this very detailed approach. at the moment some of the most experienced detectives in the country with some of the largest numbers of resources are working on this incident because of the possibility that it could have been politically motivated,

otherwise known as a terrorist incident. a man has been arrested and interviewing him will be key. incredibly important. that is the difference between this incident at this stage and some of the other incidents in the last 18 months involving vehicles. a man has been arrested and he is alive and able to give his account of what happened. that will be critical. if he is immediately able to give a decent explanation for what happened, then this incident may be scaled down quite quickly. if that is not the case, we can expect to see these high levels of security remaining around westminster at least for the morning, until we get to a stage when detectives in counterterrorism command can have some degree of certainty about what happened and also what the motivation might have been behind it. i think we will be ina been behind it. i think we will be in a situation where until there is some clarity, eitherfrom

in a situation where until there is some clarity, either from what detectives find at the scene, or from the man arrested at the scene, that this will be treated with the utmost seriousness. that is what it looks like. we have an eerie silence in westminster which is something of a reminder of what it was like at the time of the westminster bridge attack in march last year where the roads were closed and the only sound was the helicopter hovering overhead. lots of armed officers standing around all the government building. that you for the moment, daniel. daniel sandford is a new scotla nd daniel. daniel sandford is a new scotland yard and he will be back with us as soon as there is more to report. barry williams saw the incident and he has been speaking to our home editor mark easton. incident and he has been speaking to our home editor mark eastonlj incident and he has been speaking to our home editor mark easton. i heard a commotion and turned round to see a commotion and turned round to see a silver car on the wrong side of the road. they were apart, waiting for the lights to change. he hit the

cyclists and swerved over towards where the safety barrier is and accelerate it and hit it at high speed. was it a deliberate act? i was not sure whether he meant to hit the cyclists, they may have just beenin the cyclists, they may have just been in the way, but he accelerated ha rd into been in the way, but he accelerated hard into the barrier. what was the reaction of the police? they were very fast, they vaulted over the safety barrier and headed towards the car, followed by lots of armed police. the police started a cordon. the police also headed a way to block of people heading towards it. we saw armed officers in the vehicle. when he hit the barrier there was a lot of smoke and it hit it with quite a jolt. it came off the ground and landed again because it is quite a light car. they rushed to the scene and grabbed the bloke and then they seemed to walk away. what did you do? we were pushed

back. after the police first got to the car, they then turned around and started to push us back to the lights and that is when i saw lots of pedestrians standing there and the cyclists, there were a few on the cyclists, there were a few on the ground. some were holding their arms and there were bikes everywhere. what about at the moment of the collision? given events in the last year at westminster, it was frightening. it was frightening and thatis frightening. it was frightening and that is why i was walking backwards, not standing too close to the car, you are never sure what is inside the car. seeing the cyclists on the ground, can you give us an idea of the numbers, the scene at the set of lights were the cyclists had been? there were about ten cyclists waiting for the lights to change. i think he hit about four or five. one of the cyclists or up and started to chase the car. good heavens. one was on the ground being treated and two or three were holding their arms

against posts. what was your sense of the motor? could it have been an accident? it was strange, what he hit the cyclists he accelerated towards the barrier. unless he was trying to get away as you might he was a very trying to get away as you might he was a very bad driver then. as someone was a very bad driver then. as someone who has worked in westminster, he would have been around during the westminster bridge attack last year, what was going through your mind when you saw this incident? it looked like an attack. it was a feeble one because it was a small car, but he did deliberately drive at the barrier. and the reaction of the police, this area has armed police at all times and they responded very quickly and in numbers. they did and it was rehearsed. please ran towards the carand rehearsed. please ran towards the car and some rehearsed. please ran towards the carand some are rehearsed. please ran towards the car and some are run away to stop people walking towards where the car was. barry williams talking to our

home editor mark easton, talking about the commotion and the fact it was frightening. continuing coverage to come. the breaking news from london this morning is that a man has been arrested after a car crashed into security barriers outside the houses of parliament. the number of pedestrians were injured. none of the injuries were life—threatening, we have been told by the metropolitan police. london ambulance say they treated two people at the scene and they were relatively minor injuries and they we re relatively minor injuries and they were taken to hospital. we will keep you up—to—date with this breaking news from the capital in the next hour here on bbc news. let's get you the latest weather with simon. we have got much drier day for england and wales to yesterday. but

this morning a bit of sunshine out there. this is one of the scenes from lancaster this morning. but for many of us it is quite cloudy at the moment and this is in leicestershire currently. we have got more cloud the further north and west you are. that is a weather system pushing its way south and eastwards. in southern areas that is where you have got the best of the drier and brighter weather. we will continue with sunny spells in southern and eastern areas this afternoon. further north rain currently moving its way into the west of scotland, becoming patchy in the afternoon. temperatures 18—20, but in the south east feeling quite warm with that sunshine and highs of 25. this evening and tonight, lengthy clear spells for england and wales, but the cloud will continue in the north because we have got this weather front which is still there as we go into wednesday. high

pressure in southern areas is slipping away toward the south. just about holding on on wednesday and that means there will be drier and brighter areas in the south and east. some patchy rain into north—west england and in wales. quite breezy conditions, particularly in the north, gusting potentially at a0 miles an hour. but temperatures still about 25 degrees in the south—east. further north and west about 19—20. on wednesday this will move its way south and eastwards. it is an narrow band of cloud and rain. behind it are some clearer spells and showery rain moving its way into the north—west. feeling pressure here and eventually there will be fresher conditions in there will be fresher conditions in the south—east. that rain will clear away, but temperatures take a real dip. round about 19—20. away, but temperatures take a real

dip. round about19—20. elsewhere, fresher but sunshine with a bit of rain in the far north—west. as we go through into friday, more persistent rain spread into scotland and northern ireland. that will slip southwards and eastwards. in southern and eastern areas that rain will have cleared and on friday it is dry and temperatures will be rising. 25 perhaps, fresher north and west, 17—19. as we go into the weekend things remain changeable. lots of cloud and outbreaks of rain. good morning. this is bbc news. i'm victoria derbyshire. welcome to you if you're just joining us in the uk or on bbc world news. the breaking news from london. two people have been injured after a car crashed into security barriers outside the houses of parliament. a man has been arrested. witnesses have described the scene at westminster. counter terrorism officers are leading the investigation

but the force is said to be "keeping an open mind" about what happened. one local resident described the aftermath of the incident. i thought how eerily quiet it was because normally there's so much traffic action happening outside the window it can be difficult to sleep. but this morning it was dead silent apart from the sound of helicopters, the police. we are live at the scene as police continue to mount a heavy response, large parts of central london are sealed off. i will have the latest. good morning. a man has been arrested after a number of pedestrians were injured when a car crashed into security barriers outside the houses of parliament this morning. emergency services say that two people have been taken to hospital with injuries that are thought not to be serious. the metropolitan police were called

to the scene atjust after 7.30 this morning. they say that they are keeping an open mind and the met‘s counter—terrorism command is leading the investigation into the incident. eyewitnesses say that armed police immediately surrounded the silver car after it hit the barriers and they removed the driver from the vehicle. police remain on the scene and the area is in lockdown with westminster tube station closed, as investigators work to establish what has happened. let's get more on this from our correspondent jonathan blake, who's at the scene. describe what it's like at the moment. well, it's still a very busy situation here at the edge of the

police called in, victoria. we're at the end of lambeth bridge, just a few hundred metres up the road from the houses of parliament outside which this crash took place this morning and the exact details of what happened is still unclear, but we've been speaking to eyewitnesses trying to piece together an account of what happened. it seems that the driver of a car was driving along the road outside the houses of parliament, crossed over to the opposite side of the road, into potentially oncoming traffic and hit a group of cyclists who were waiting at traffic lights on the corner of parliament square. he then drove at full pelt and deliberately into the barriers outside the houses of parliament. as soon as that happened police were on the scene very quickly, armed officers surrounded the vehicle and there were several people on the ground. it's not clear whether they were injured by the car at that point or were told to get on the ground by the police responded, but two people have been taken to hospital and it seems the injuries

resulting this crash are not particularly serious, one man has been arrested. but what we have seen over the course of the morning is a very heavy police response. vehicles arrived on the scene within moments of the crash happening and they have continued to arrive ever since. they have been coming to the piece called on herejust to have been coming to the piece called on here just to the side of us every few minutes. unmarked police cars, va ns few minutes. unmarked police cars, vans carrying several officers, smaller police cars, as well. fire engines are on the scene, ambulances, as well. this cord and stretches the couple of hundred metres up the road from the houses of parliament. and further back in the other direction, as well. large parts of the area are sealed off. it was about 7:30am, it would've been relatively busy at that time, a lot of people in rush—hour but anywhere in central london is going to be busy. a lot of cyclists use that route into work. they would have been queueing at traffic around

parliament square, people on foot, as well, pedestrians, tourists, people going to work but very quickly, the police put in place extensive cordons, asked us to move back, somewhat urgently, and we've seen emergency service back, somewhat urgently, and we've seen emergency service vehicles arriving at the scene and there is a police helicopter hovering overhead. a picture has emerged of a car driving deliberately into a group of cyclists and the barriers outside parliament. one person has been arrested and several people treated for minor injuries. the latest we have from the police is they are keeping an open mind as to the cause of what happened but it is the metropolitan police's counterterrorism unit leading the investigation. thank you for the moment, jonathan blake. let's talk to james maker, who arrived at the scene a few moments after the incident happened. hello, can you hear me ok? yes. yes. what did you see?

i was approaching parliament square asido i was approaching parliament square as i do every morning around that time, coming down to the traffic lights and i turned left. as i came around the corner i could see on the right hand side where the traffic lights are, there was a cyclist u nfortu nately had lights are, there was a cyclist unfortunately had been hit and a number of cyclists sitting down, as well. a couple of pedestrians were tending to the injured person. as i carried on, i slow down to see what happened, as i carried on down, i was told to get off my bike by a police officer. it looked like a police officer. it looked like a police officer. it looked like a police officer by himself and it will be to get off my bike and move back and he said go back up the road, clearly, they mentioned there was an incident. as i got off my bike, i could see in the distance there was a car in the barrier. it seemed to me like it had just

happened. i dismantled my bike and walked across the road. clearly, i felt it was a serious incident and my first instinct, whether young son and a wife at home, was to get away from the scene. i go to the injured cyclist on the road. he appeared to bea cyclist on the road. he appeared to be a lady. she was being seen to by paramedics. i walked across up towards westminster abbey folds of their wasn't any injuries, there was a lot of confusion, i could hear sirens and response vehicles coming towards the scene. i then continued towards the scene. i then continued to walk up that road. i anticipated there would be some news coverage. asi there would be some news coverage. as i walked up, i continued to get away from the scene, if i'm honest. i then got back on my bike and cycled around the back of westminster abbey towards work. i stopped at some traffic lights with

some other cyclists who had seen something. they said the car had come across the road, deliberately come across the road, deliberately come across the cyclist, there was some talk of smoke and some suggestions of concern, which i could not collaborate at all, and i went on my way to work. when you cite other cyclists told the card come can you tell if the car which ended up at the barrier would have had to drive on the wrong side of the road where you saw the injured cyclist on the floor? well, coming from where i was coming from, clearly the cyclist was on the opposite side of the road. if you are cycling that way, you would be going around parliament square, the

one—way system. there's only two ways that could happen. the cyclist could have been forced across the road and gone on to the other side of the road or he was on the side of the road. from where i saw, it looked like that could have happened, but whether, i mean, when i walked up towards westminster abbey, there was no other injured people. there's only two ways you can drive on the wrong side of the road there. the side you would come across, you would have to avoid the traffic lights on that side, so it does seem plausible that would've been the case. how do you reflect, james, on the aftermath of what you witness? i mean, normallyl james, on the aftermath of what you witness? i mean, normally i would be coming through around five minutes earlier than that but for myself, fortu nately, earlier than that but for myself, fortunately, the lock on my bike would not open when i was getting on my bike at chelmsford this morning which meant i missed my train by

about two minutes, so i reflect on it feeling very lucky. i'm very glad to hear that those cyclists aren't injured ina to hear that those cyclists aren't injured in a major way. it does put things in perspective, especially when you've got a young family at home. yes, pretty shaken up, but i'm just glad those people are ok. thank you very much for talking to us. we appreciated. thank you. james maker, who saw the aftermath of the incident. these pictures are shown the immediate chord and put up —— cord and straight after the car had crashed into the barriers. —— these are the pictures of a police arriving on the scene immediately after it happened. a number of eyewitnesses we have spoken to this morning have all commended the police action and the speed with which they arrived on the scene. a number of vehicles and a number of

armed officers, as you would expect, when i car collides with security barriers outside the houses of parliament. these are new pictures which have just arrived with us and we are showing them straightaway to you, of course. our home affairs correspond and jim kelly is alongside me in the studio. our home affairs correspondent june kelly is here. the counterterrorism officers would ta ke the counterterrorism officers would take over this investigation was interesting is that this car has crashed into security barriers which of course are in place to repel this sort of incident which is what we're calling it at the moment. now we all think back to the westminster bridge attack in march last year when khalid masood drove a car in the same area and obviously killed number of people, but he actually used his vehicle to mount the pavement before he got close to the palace of westminster and then drove along the pavement sadly killing a number of people and then got into

the palace of westminster precinct. and sadly killed pc keith palmer. so here you have this car appearing to have gone towards those barriers which were put in place to actually repel this sort of thing happening. we spoke to a security analyst earlier, who is looking at the live images like everybody else, but to enter the channel but the vehicle did, before it hit that a barrier, it's not necessarily... you have to do that deliberately, you have to turn off to go down that barrier as if you're going to the house of lords. yes, exactly, that's why with khalid masood we saw him mounted the bridge further back but in this case thatis bridge further back but in this case that is what has happened. yes, that isa that is what has happened. yes, that is a deliberate act for them of course, last year was a terrible yearfor course, last year was a terrible year for terror attacks in this country, five in total, a large number of people killed, and the westminster bridge was the first attack. there was also, though, the incident last autumn around the

national history museum in london when a car went out of control and a lot of people thought that was a terror attack and there was great concern it was a terror attack because people were scattering and was a busy tourist area with a lot of children around and the feeling, oh no, this was another one but that turned out to be somebody would simply lost control. i should say sources in whitehall say at the moment are keeping an mind until they obviously get some intelligence and information on this driver. yes, absolutely. there are some suspicious aspects but a number of possible expirations. thank you for the moment. barry williams saw the incident. he describes in this next interview how one of the cyclists who was on the ground actually got up and chased the car. here he is talking to mark easton. i heard a commotion and turned round to see a silver car heading towards the cyclists on the wrong

side of the road. they were parked, waiting for the lights to change. he hit the cyclists then swerved over towards where the safety barrier is where the police make sure cars get through and accelerated and hit it at quite a high speed. what was your impression, was it a deliberate act? i wasn't sure whether he meant to hit the cyclists, they may have just been in the way, but he accelerated hard towards the barrier. what was the reaction of the police at that point? what did you see? the police were very fast, they vaulted over the safety barrier and headed towards the car, followed by lots of armed police who were in the area. what also happened was the police started a cordon and as well as those coming towards us, the police headed away to try and block of people walking towards us. what about the car? we saw a video of armed officers encircling the vehicle. it is strange, when it hit the barrier there was a lot of smoke and it hit it with quite a jolt. it came off the ground and landed again because it is quite a light car. but we are not sure, they rushed to the scene and grabbed the bloke and then they seemed to walk away.

and what about you? what did you do? obviously we were pushed back. after the police first got to the car they then turned round and started to push us back towards where the lights were and that is when i walked past and saw lots of pedestrians standing there, but also cyclists. there were a few on the ground. some were holding their arms, there were bikes everywhere. and what about at the moment of the collision? presumably given events here in westminster in the last year or two, a frightening moment. well, it was frightening, that is why i was walking backwards, not standing too close to the car. you are never sure what is in the car. and the scene on the ground, the cyclists, can you give us an idea of the numbers, the scene at that set of lights where the cyclists had been? there were about ten cyclists waiting for the lights to change. i don't think he hit all of them, he hit about four or five and there were bikes everywhere. i was very impressed, one of the cyclists got up and started to chase the car. good heavens. yes. there was one lying down who was being treated and two or three were just sitting

there holding their arms against posts and stuff. what was your sense of the motive if there was one, behind this? could it have been an accident? well, if it was it was very strange because once he hit the cyclists he accelerated. you would have thought he would have tried to put the brakes on, but he swerved and accelerated towards the barrier. unless he was trying to get away from the scene perhaps? he was a very bad driver then. and as someone who has worked in westminster for a long time you would have been around during the westminster bridge attack last year. what was going through your mind when you saw this incident? well, it looked like an attack. it was a fairly feeble one because it was a small car, but it did look deliberately that he drove at the barrier. and the reaction of the police at that point? this area has an awful lot of armed police at all times and it does appear they responded very quickly and in numbers. they did and obviously well rehearsed. the police ran towards the car and some ran away to stop people walking towards where the car was. barry williams talking to our home

editor mark easton, who said it looked like an attack, a fairly feeble one because it was a small car. we're joined on the line by our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. he's currently at the metropolitan police headquarters at new scotland yard. any update? no, we are on partial lockdown. embankment remains closed and most of the media are not being allowed through to new scotland yard because of the security cordon in place, although staff from parliament are being allowed to go to their offices. we are in a situation here where the metropolitan police counterterrorism command is leading the investigation into this incident for all the reasons we heard in barry williams' interview we heard. this seems to be

a card deliberately driving into people and into the barriers outside parliament. the london ambulance service is saying they have treated two injured people, although the injuries do not appear to have been serious. the man who is believed to have been driving the car was arrested at the scene and questioning him will be a priority. we are in a situation at this stage where i do not think anyone is quite sure what happened and what the motivation is and if this was a terrorist attack. whilst no one is quite sure, and the police are keeping an open mind, but they feel it is necessary for the counterterrorism command to be the ones investigating it for obvious reasons. if this was a deliberate act, they want to make sure that the investigation is meticulous and detailed right from the start. a man has been arrested, he will be questioned and obviously what he

says to the officers is key as to learning what happened? he does not appear to have been seriously injured from the pictures that we have seen from eyewitness accounts that we have heard. it looks like he isa that we have heard. it looks like he is a person who will be able to a nswer is a person who will be able to answer questions if he chooses to, to give his account of what happened, an innocent explanation perhaps, or an explanation if it is not innocent. if he does not answer questions, that will raise suspicion. everyone has a right not to a nswer suspicion. everyone has a right not to answer questions, but they are warned if they do not, that can be used as evidence against them in court if it was to result in any kind of trial. at this stage eve ryo ne kind of trial. at this stage everyone has to keep an open mind and that is the way the metropolitan police are approaching it and not jumping to any conclusions. but

because of the way the incident looks... i havejust seen because of the way the incident looks... i have just seen another senior officer driving into the car park here at scotland yard. at this stage because of the nature of the incident it is having to be treated in the first place as another vehicle attack on parliament. then it can be scaled back down from that if there appears to be a more innocent explanation. from your experience and covering these kind of incidents, how long might the lockdown scenario last for?m of incidents, how long might the lockdown scenario last for? it is likely to last for most of the morning. there is no reason to take risks with people's safety. it has already relaxed a bit. when i was here over an hour ago nobody was being allowed down embankment at all and now parliament to pass holders are being allowed through, but ordinary members of the public are not. people who have work to do,

apart from the media, are being allowed to into parliament, but members of the public are not being allowed into this broad cordon that has been thrown right around the houses of parliament with a lot of armed officers in evidencejust in case this is some kind of terrorist incident and in case there was a second phase to it. that is the precautionary measures that have been taken. the realfocus precautionary measures that have been taken. the real focus of the investigation is around the car that has been driven into the barriers outside the house of lords. thank you, daniel sandford, our home affairs correspondent. for those just tuning in, good morning, let's update you on the breaking news. a man has been arrested after an number of pedestrians were injured when a car crashed into security barriers outside the houses of parliament. the area, as you have just been hearing from daniel

sandford, has been locked down and has been for a couple of hours now after armed police went to the scene around the houses of parliament this morning just after 7:37am and you can see on your screen the highlighted image of the car, a small car as one eyewitness described it, that crashed into those security barriers which were put in place after the westminster bridge attack in march last year. a little earlier i spoke to one eyewitness who is staying near the houses of parliament she described what she'd seen. what did you think when you saw this

activity unfolding before your eyes? obviously it is slightly surreal. you never think you are going to see where it is happening. as i was waking upi where it is happening. as i was waking up i thought how eerily quiet it was because normally there is so much traffic action happening outside the window. when i woke up this morning it was dead silence with the sound of helicopters swirling up above, the news teams up in the airand swirling up above, the news teams up in the air and also the police. do you work in the area?|j in the air and also the police. do you work in the area? i am on holiday at the moment staying in a friend's house. the vantage point from the window is as if we are there and i can see all the police talking to each other. at the moment

there appeared to be at least ten police cars at any given time coming and going. i cannot reiterate the amazing calm response of all the police forces. as far as you know, the advice to people like yourself staying and living in the area, is there any? are you expected to stay indoors? wejust there any? are you expected to stay indoors? we just received a knock on the door telling us we have to stay in because we are directly in the cordoned off area. i guess today will be a question of watching the action unfold in front of us and hopefully there have been no fatalities, just injuries sustained. who was it or not at the door to advise you to stay in the property? i was upstairs waiting for your call at the moment, it is the people who iam at the moment, it is the people who i am staying with who received that call. where you are is within the cordoned off area? yes, exactly, we

are one of the closest houses to the house of lords. we are a mere ten metres away from the crashed car. the prime minister theresa may has just treated to say that her thoughts are with those injured in the incident outside the uk parliament. i spoke earlier to the security analyst will geddes, who said it's important not to jump to conclusions. we have got to be very cautious these days not to jump to any kind of conclusion, particularly as the police are gaining as much evidence as they possibly can from eyewitnesses, from their own assessments and appreciations of the situation of the vehicle and, more importantly, the driver is the most crucial piece of intelligence to this puzzle. but in terms of the scene at the moment, which is very calm, as richard was just describing, there appears to be people

walking around in the area. what does that lead you to think? it would lead me to believe that certainly also in tandem with that there are armed police officers that have now been seen leaving the area and are attending their standard duties. there has been an influx obviously a plainclothes police officers which one would one would presume would either be members of the metropolitan police counterterrorism command will be carrying out their investigations but the immediate area around is probably secure, intelligence leading them at this stage to believe there could be other subsequent attacks

on the local area and it is very important for them to feel confident and certainly to communicate to the general public that it will be, to a certain extent, business as usual. having said that, we don't know quite yet what the actual motivation of this driver was, whether they were under the influence of narcotics or alcohol, whether this was aggravated road rage, or it was a terrorist attack but at this stage it was too early to tell, but certainly, the police will want to regain some kind of normality as quickly as they can. but because a car is involved, and some people have been injured, it does mean people will inevitably think the worst? yes, absolutely, and i think also the fact we have seen such immense response by the blue light services, this is typical and the standard operating procedure these days, certainly when we have to consider we are still at the second—highest threat level and continue to be at that, which is severe, which means a threat is highly likely, so it can't be quickly discounted that this may have been some motivated attack by an individual against the british government, whether it be islamic extremism or far right extremism. the threat level as you say is severe and has been like that

for a number of years although it was raised after the capital's terrorist attacks last year, so what does that mean for the general public in the way they go about their daily lives? well, its will he difficult for the general public because they are expected to sustain a high level of situational awareness which is virtually impossible. but there will be inevitably messages communicated through the media and social media that they do play a very important radical role in the efforts against terrorism and in being to report anything suspicious. having said that, in incidents like this, it's an unfortunate reminder, regardless of what this turns out to actually be, but unfortunately this threat does prevail. last year, of course, march 2017, not too far away from where that car has hit the security barriers this morning, khalid masood killed four

people on westminster bridge and fatally stabbed a police officer. just a little away from where that car is now and since then, security barriers were beefed up, weren't they? yes, the introduction of more traffic calming measures, anti—terrorist measures, both overt and covert, have been introduced since last year. any landmark location will figure quite highly in the target selection by those with malintent and terrorist agendas. ultimately, again, i drive past the houses of parliament on a daily basis and this particular location, the chicane where the vehicle has come to rest, is a very interesting location. it still keeps my questions in terms of the motivation and this possibly being terrorist.

to enter that channel requires a traffic calming capability of slowing a vehicle, but also, looking at the limited pictures, and the damage that has been caused, the vast majority is to the front of the vehicle where it has concertinaed from the bonnet. this is only based on the limited view that i have seen, it does not look like it jostled its way to the barrier, it looked like it was quite directed. a security analyst there. those of a live pictures from westminster in the heart of london. it's a busy scene, a calm the heart of london. it's a busy scene, a calm scene. the heart of london. it's a busy scene, a calm scene. you the heart of london. it's a busy scene, a calm scene. you can see the heart of london. it's a busy scene, a calm scene. you can see the car which crashed into the barriers right there. just ahead of that barrier, one eyewitness said the bonnet had been smashed up. theresa

may says on twitter, my thoughts are with those injured in the incident in westminster and my thanks to the emergency services for the immediate and courageous response. that tweeted by the prime minister in the last few minutes. time for the latest news. here is rachel. good morning. the metropolitan police has confirmed its counter—terrorism command is leading the investigation after a car crashed into security barriers outside the houses of parliament this morning. a man has been arrested. emergency services say that two people have been taken to hospital with injuries that are thought not to be serious. the metropolitan police were called to the scene atjust after 7.30 this morning. in their latest tweet, they say that they are keeping an open mind and the met‘s counter—terrorism command is leading the investigation into the incident. eyewitnesses say that armed police immediately surrounded the silver car after it hit the barriers and the police

removed the driver from the vehicle. this eyewitness described what he saw. basically i saw a man driving towards the houses of parliament at speed. he was going pretty fast in my opinion. i think it's a 20 mile an hour zone my opinion. i think it's a 20 mile an hourzone and my opinion. i think it's a 20 mile an hour zone and he was going at maybe a0—50 miles an hour. police remain on the scene and the area is in lockdown with westminster tube station closed for entry and exit, as investigators work to establish what has happened. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. back to victoria. thank you very much. we havejust got back to victoria. thank you very much. we have just got this latest statement from the metropolitan police on the incident at westminster this morning. i will read it to you. their counterterrorism command is

investigating an incident in westminster this morning during which a number of people were injured. at 0737 hrs, a silver ford fiesta collided with a number of cyclists and pedestrians before crashing into barriers outside the houses of parliament. the driver of the car, a man in his late 20s, was arrested at the scene by armed officers. he has been taken to a south london police station where he remains in police custody. he was arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences. there was nobody else in the vehicle. it remained at the scene the vehicle. it remained at the scene and is being searched. no weapons have been recovered at this stage. a number of people were injured as a result of the collision and they have been taken to hospital. at this early stage, none of the injuries appear to be life—threatening. this statement from the met continues, officers remain at the scene and cordons are in place to assist the investigation. road closures in the area are likely to remain in place

for some time fulton westminster tube is currently closed. at this stage, we are treating this as a terrorist incident. and their counterterrorism command is now leading the investigation. our home affairs correspondent june kelly is here. a number of new pieces of investigation in that statement from the metropolitan police. this is a significant development, victoria, and now the police will be looking at this man's background, his identity, they will either know it or working towards it, they will look at his beliefs, his associates, his mental state, as well, and also crucially, was he on their radar? is he known to them? has he been the subject of interest recently? has he been a subject of interest in the past? we know there's groups of people they look at, a couple of thousand, they are most worried about and then the bigger pool which goes into five figures, people they have known about in the past but they don't think it's as much of a

worry. which group is he in? is he in either of those groups? who has he been associating with? alone? with somebody else? all of these issues will come into play and the counterterrorism command are used to investigating these incidents sadly, so investigating these incidents sadly, so that's what they will be looking out for the wembley arrive in london? has he come from somewhere else? all these issues will now have to be looked at. we will go to daniel at new scotland yard. the met are treating this as a terrorist incident and have confirmed the last few minutes. yes, that changes the whole nature of this incident now. the phrase open mind has gone from the police language and so instead of it being something which could possibly be a terrorist incident, they are starting from the assumption it is a terrorist incident, that is their main line of enquiry and it will remain with counterterrorism command. obviously,

it's worth reiterating as with them several times this morning, the driver of the car, police have described as a man in his late 20s, has been arrested by armed officers and the police say he's been taken toa and the police say he's been taken to a south london police station where he remains in custody and he was arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences, so we've got the situation now here where somebody appears to have driven a car hard and fast at parliament, injured a number of people. the london ambulance service talking about two people are being injured with not serious injuries, but this is a person who has been arrested without injury and is therefore able to a nswer injury and is therefore able to answer questions when the police choose to do so, so it's something

they should be able to resolve reasonably straightforwardly. if there was an innocent explanation. but it looks like there's not an innocent explanation and that's why he's been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences. daniel, for the moment, thank you. june is still with us. we have heard it now from the metropolitan police that they are treating this morning ‘s incident at westminster as a terrorist incident. one man has been arrested in his late 20s. he's arrested in his late 20s. he's arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences, the driver of the car into the barriers just outside the house of lords. it would appear he hit a number of pedestrians or cyclists, a couple of whom were injured and i think we can go to saint thomas ‘s hospital very shortly and talk to our correspondence there but we already know from the met police

earlier this morning that none of the injuries sustained was life—threatening. i'm told the home secretary has tweeted a statement in the last second to. there you can see from sajid javid, huge thanks to our emergency services for their rapid reaction to the incident in westminster this morning. my thoughts are with those injured. that echoing the tweet from the prime ministerjust a few moments ago. june, for thosejust prime ministerjust a few moments ago. june, for those just tuning prime ministerjust a few moments ago. june, for thosejust tuning in, just reiterate the significance of this new and latest statement from the metropolitan police counterterrorism command. the fact is now being treated as a terrorist incident and it only happened a few hours ago, they've established it quickly, who this man is, what will be interesting in the coming hours will be if we see further arrests because usually what happens is when somebody is arrested for this type of offence, then you see the police

will move in on their associates, families, so it'll be interesting to see what part of the country in the coming hours, because we will then getan coming hours, because we will then get an idea of where this person was from, theirfamily get an idea of where this person was from, their family background, get an idea of where this person was from, theirfamily background, was this person acting alone or acting in conjunction with somebody else? the police want to scoop up the people in his circle and will be looking at who he has been associating with and of course looking at a social media, if he's got a phone with him, it's all key evidence they now have to gather. what is interesting is that car has gone into a very well protected part of the palace of westminster. obviously those barriers are in place to repel these attacks, and last year obviously khalid masood mounted the pavement further back and managed to do terrible damage and managed to do terrible damage and take lives, whereas in this case, this person appears to have gone for a fortified part of the palace of westminster which seems

unusual if you are going to mount that sort of attack. yes. and a new ford fiesta? yes, it's not a powerful vehicle. when please look at him, they will look at not only his beliefs and associate but his mental state will be a key part of his investigation. this has been swift, you would say, from your experience of covering the stories, to tell people, yes, this is a terrorist incident? yes, the nearest analogy i would say as last year when we had the car which went out of control in south kensington around the natural history museum, that went on for hours while people tried to establish the background for that man and were able to say very quickly it's a terrorist incident. i know we are all speculating and we do do this at this time, is it therefore someone on their radar already and they have established who he is and who he is associated with, perhaps what is donein associated with, perhaps what is done in the past, this is all speculation? they've identified him

asa speculation? they've identified him as a terrorist incident. it's very interesting. yes, we can now talk to ina interesting. yes, we can now talk to in a moment, we will talk to another eyewitness as soon as we have established the technicals, so just to confirm, i'm going to read a statement from the metropolitan police. this is coming to us in the last couple of minutes and it is significant. the met police counterterrorism command is investigating an incident in westminster this morning during which a number of people were injured. at 7:37am this morning, a silver ford fiesta collided with a number of cyclists and pedestrians before crashing into barriers outside the houses of parliament. the driver of the car, a man in his late 20s, was arrested at the scene by armed officers. he has been taken toa by armed officers. he has been taken to a south london police station where he remains in police custody. he was arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences. there was no one else in the vehicle which remains at the scene and is being searched. no weapons have been recovered at this

stage. a number of people were injured as a result of the collision and have been taken to hospital. you can see some of those people lying on the floor there. the statement goes on, at this early stage, none of the injuries appeared to be life—threatening. officers remain at the scene and cordons are in place to assist the investigation. road closures in the area are likely to remain in place for some time and westminster tube is currently closed. at this stage we are treating this as a terrorist incident and the met‘s counterterrorism command is now leading the investigation and they make an appeal for anyone with information and footage and images of the incident to send them to the police if you can. rule out talk to jessica, tourist visiting central london from california. thank you for talking to us. i'm not sure if you saw or heard anything or

are there in the aftermath of the incident this morning. i'm here in the aftermath. i did not see anything or hear anything by found out because my mother text at me and was very out because my mother text at me and was very worried. yes, i'm just here afterwards. it's crazy. are you worried? yes, i'm definitely a little frightened, this whole incident is very disturbing, but i'm from the states, so there's been a lot of terror attacks in shootings and so—called safe places, schools and so—called safe places, schools and such, so it's definitely worrying, but it's not uncommon and, as long as the police and law enforcement are doing what they can to keep a safe, i definitely feel a lot safer. yes, and i suppose visiting any major european capital city at this time, including london, you have to be vigilant, don't you?

yes, definitely. it's really scary how it in the heart the city with everything right here. a government building, buckingham palace, everything is right here. it's in the heart of the city. it's insane. how long are you here for, jessica? i got how long are you here for, jessica? igot him how long are you here for, jessica? i got him a good two days ago and we leave tomorrow. what are you going to do in the last 2a hours, what you we re to do in the last 2a hours, what you were planning to do or will you change your plans? i was buying to go to see westminster abbey so that the public change but, yes, definitely the tower of london and i know there's a lot of traffic that way and we will adjust our plans. ok for them thank you for talking to us. we appreciated. thank you. a tourist from california. our correspondent tom barton is at st thomas' hospital in south london for us now. we've just lost the line, we will try to getting back on the phone in just a moment. our home affairs correspondent

june kelly is here and bring it up to date with what's happened so far today. this morning, victoria, a car crashed into the security barriers around westminster. three hours later, it has been called a terrorist incident, which are significant. the metropolitan police countered terrorism command leading the investigation. the driver was a man in his 20s, arrested at the scene, police we assume have established his identity and have been able very quickly to say that he is a terrorist suspect. thankfully, only a couple of people are hurt and not a couple of people are hurt and not a serious injuries, so that's good news. but it is... the car has gone toa news. but it is... the car has gone to a heavily fortified area of the palace of westminster and we do remember the westminster bridge attack nearly 18 months ago now and that of course was the start of a very bad yearfor that of course was the start of a very bad year for attacks in this country. but clearly, the police now

will be questioning this man if he agrees to cooperate but also they are looking crucially at his circle and what he will be looking for in the coming hours, whereas they make arrests, if they do come because that would gives an indication of whether he was acting alone, when they think he was in contact with somebody else, they will look at is phone to see who he's been in contact with it is not encrypted. any technology basically. who did this man know? who could have been his influence? also, crucially, what is his mental state? and what's very important is what he known to them and you get the sense he was because they been able to identify him quickly but also how much did they know about him? was he on the radar as somebody who potentially could do something like this or was he a subject of interest, in the past, and they've looked at him perhaps he was on the periphery of other investigations and they thought perhaps he does not pose a threat but, as we know from previous

incidents, often people who have not been perceived to pose a threat had then gone on to do terrible things but thankfully this morning we haven't seen any loss of life. the threat level in this country is at sabia, it was raised after the attacks in manchester last year, and then dropped down again, but that means what? an attack is highly likely and we are in a very worrying phase. when an attack happens it goes up because the worry is, will we see another attack quickly? tha nkfully we see another attack quickly? thankfully it was at its highest level for only a short time, after manchester and london, but now it appears there is no attempt to raise it at this stage and this is not as serious and incident as it could have been. clearly terrifying for the people involved and we all think back to last year, but mercifully we have only got a couple of people

injured and they do not appear to have serious injuries. but now all focus will be on who is this man? they will be trying to establish who he is and who he was mixing with really, and did he come to london this morning to do this? did he live in london? did he travelled? all this detail. in the meantime the public can expect to see armed officers in this area, around the houses of parliament and westminster for some time? it will be interesting to see how long this area is in lockdown for. it would appear this is one person acting alone and they have got him in custody and some of the restrictions have been lifted as we are hearing from our people down there. the police response, which is so impressive on these occasions in the way they just moved impressive on these occasions in the way theyjust moved in, and we referred to the incident last year

in south kensington and we saw a similar response then, and they are absolutely primed to respond very quickly and thankfully they have a suspect in custody. all the eyewitnesses we have spoken to this morning have commended the police on their swift action and the way they calmly carried out their duties. let's hear from barry calmly carried out their duties. let's hearfrom barry williams calmly carried out their duties. let's hear from barry williams who saw the incident. he hit the cyclist then swerved over towards where the safety barrier is, where the police make sure cars get through, and accelerated and hit it at quite high speed. it was very strange because once he hit the cyclist he accelerated. you'd have thought he'd try to put the brakes on but he swerved what was the reaction of the police?

they were very fast, but what also happened the police started a cordon and not only did they come towards us, they headed the way to try and block of people walking towards us. what about the car? we saw a video of armed officers in circling the vehicle. when it hit the barrier there was a lot of smoke and it came off the ground and landed again because it is a light car. they rushed to the scene and grabbed the bloke and then they seemed to walk away. what did you do? we were pushed back. after they got to the car, they turned around and pushed us back to where the lights were and thatis us back to where the lights were and that is where i saw pedestrians standing there and a few cyclists on the ground. some were holding their arms and there were bikes everywhere. what about at the moment of the collision? given event here in westminster in the last year or so, a frightening moment. it was

frightening, that is why i was walking backwards and not towards the car, you are never sure what is in the car. the scene on the ground, the cyclists, can you give us an idea of the scene at the set of lies with the cyclists had been? there we re with the cyclists had been? there were about ten waiting for the lights to change, i think he hit about four or five. one of the cyclists got up and started to chase the car. good heavens. yes, one was lying on the ground being treated and a few words holding their arms against posts and things. what was your sense of the motor? could it have been an accident? was he had hit the cyclists he accelerated comity swerved towards the barrier. police he was trying to get away from the scene? he was a very bad driver then. as somebody who has worked in westminster, you would

have been around during the westminster bridge attack last year, what was going through your mind when you saw this incident?m looked like an attack, a feeble one because it was a small car, but he deliberately drove at the barrier. this area has a lot of armed police at all times and it appears they responded very quickly and in numbers. they did and it was well rehearsed. the police ran towards the car and some run away to stop people walking towards where the car was. barry williams talking to mark easton. we are showing you the latest pictures, bbc pictures from an aerial camera and we are watching this for the first time as you are. that would be the actual car. these are new bbc pictures, aerial

footage. you can see highlighted the silver ford fiesta. let's see that one more time. the ford fiesta, driven by a man in his late 20s who has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences. it went down that small road. june

kelly, your reaction to that? it is extraordinary. you are trying to think what the driver is trying to achieve. he has obviously been held asa achieve. he has obviously been held as a terrorist suspect. clearly he was not going to get that far. it is astonishing to be able to see the whole incident now. we get a real sense of what he did. but he has gone into that very secure area. in terms of what his intentions were, in terms of harming people, causing panic, obviously any incident like this does cause panic and a degree of mayhem goes on, but it seemed a strange thing to do. in terms of you are attempting to harm people, you would not have thought that was the way to do it. but who knows what is

going through their heads when they are in this particularframe of mind. extraordinary to see the actual moment when the car crosses the road and crashes into the barriers. let's bring in doctor lowe from leeds university. how do you respond to what you have seen so far? initially they said they were treating it as suspicion of terrorism offences and so now suspicion of terrorism offences and so now the hard work begins. they will look at property he owns, the devices he has got, who he has communicated with, what he has downloaded, as well as all the friends of evidence which will be vital. and the witnesses notjust to the scene, but those who know the individual. what is the motive

behind it? why did he do it? what was his aim in carrying out this ad? all of which will take time. yes, this is why under the terrorism act they have longer to detain someone, not just to they have longer to detain someone, notjust to question them, but to obtain evidence which they can put to the suspect. we are going to show the pictures again injust to the suspect. we are going to show the pictures again in just a to the suspect. we are going to show the pictures again injust a moment, the pictures again injust a moment, the aerial pictures, as we sum up what has happened this morning. david lowe, in terms of how the investigation proceeds, what will officers be doing? they will be checking all the premises he has control, searching those premises, looking for evidence and looking for the reason why he has done it. if it isa the reason why he has done it. if it is a terrorist incident, they will try to confirm his cause. what is

also important are the witnesses. it is still the old—fashioned way. as well as communications they will be speaking to people who knew him, where he works, who he has associated with, that will be important, and then going back to his communications, who he has spoken to and who has been speaking to him and then to see if he has been an any intelligence systems. tha nkfully been an any intelligence systems. thankfully we are not talking about fatalities this morning. yes, very lucky. it surprises me. the security was fairly tight before westminster bridge last year and it is even tighter now. perhaps this actjust to create some publicity, which he has got. fortunately, the physical measures put in place to try and prevent and minimise it have worked

and all credit to them. there are still a couple of cyclists injured, there are no fatalities, and we are not looking at the scale of the attack that we saw on london bridge and westminster bridge. very briefly in terms of the general public trying to go about their daily business, how should they approach things? well, it is one of those where we have to carry on. there is an initiative act, action counters terrorism, and if there is something people see that they are not happy with, that sixth sense, or someone has been behaving differently, contact the police. if you are in a private area, like her career, contact the security. thank you very much. continued coverage on bbc newsroom live which is next. we have started off with a little

bit of sunshine this morning, but for many of us it is rather cloudy, especially the further north and west you go. this is in lancashire at the moment. and shine in central and southern parts of england, but generally speaking it is the central and southern parts that will have the best of any sunny spells. the further north and west you go and there is rain moving from northern ireland and into scotland. temperatures about 18—20. in the sunshine in the south east those temperatures get up to 2a or 25. through the night there will be clear spells in england and wales, but further north and west we have got cloudier skies and as we go through wednesday rain intensified in scotland and northern ireland, pushing its way into north england

and north—west wales. quite the breezy day. in the south east some sunny spells and it will feel warm. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. good morning from westminster. a man has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences after a car crashed into barriers outside the houses of parliament during the morning rush hour. he was going pretty fast, in my opinion. i think it is a 20 to 30 mph zone, he was going at maybe 40 to 50 mph. two people were hurt, they've been taken to hospital by london ambulance who say

their injuries aren't serious. it was very strange because once he hit cyclist, he accelerated. you would have thought he would have tried to put the brakes on but he swerved across and accelerated towards the barrier. a man in his 20s was arrested at the scene, and the police say they are treating it as a terrorist incident.